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254 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23 She sweeps. She sweeps it off constantly. When she disappears then she is travelling inside the earth again. So the star reappears the next day again. She sweeps it off again. She passes under us, beneath the world it seems. She goes and comes out the next day again. Just the same way she appears. That's why the star appears first, it seems. "It's me, I sweep Our <strong>Lo</strong>rd's path," she said. The path of the holy sun. We didn't believe it ourselves, that it was a Chamulan girl, it seems. "If I ever see what it is that sweeps, it seems to be a star, but a Chamulan, I don't believe it!" we said to ourselves. But she heard it when we were ridiculing her, when the poor girl was mocked. If it weren't so—she wouldn't have heard. But she did hear, so it's true. It is believed by many that the salt water fish, sold in the market in San Cristobal, are simply picked up off the ocean bed Once we spoke of the elder sister, it seems. The younger sister stayed behind. She sweeps the path underneath, it seems, because the younger brothers are below, it seems. It travels. The sun travels. The younger sister sweeps and sweeps off [the path]. The elder sister goes home to rest. Now the younger sister sweeps. When the elder sister arrives, dawn comes. The great star appears, as we say to ourselves. That's when the elder sister arrives. The younger sister goes home to rest, the whole day, it seems. Then the elder sister is working. In the evening when it grows dark then she returns home again. The younger sister comes again. She resumes work again at nighttime. The sun is too hot down below. The dwarfs' hats are just made of mud, we used to say. Who knows if maybe they are dwarfs. Who knows if they are those dwarf people. I don't know the truth of the matter. That's all I've been told. This afterthought, revising Tonik's previous account, is difficult to follow. Quite simply, the morning star sweeps the sun's path in the daytime, while her younger sister, the evening star, <strong>Lo</strong>ng ago, they say, when the world was flooded, [a few] people were left. Our late grandmother told Elder and Younger Sisters T80 The Flood T70 Va7i 7un, tzmes, tzmes ech'el ta j-mek ti chch'ay 7une, ja7 ta yut balamil ta xxanav noxtok yo7 ti chba cha7-lok'uk 7o tal ta yok'omal noxtok i k'anal 7une, tzmes la ech'el noxtok 7un, ch7ech' la ta kolontik li yolon i balamil ya7el 7une, ba lok'uk tal ta yok'omal noxtok 7un, ja7 no 7ox yech, te chlok' tal 7un, yech'o ti ja7 ba7yi chlok' i 7a li k'anal ya7el 7une. "Ja7 vo7on ta jmes i sbe li kajvaltike," xi la. Sbe li ch'ul-k'ak'al 7une. Va7i 7un, mu jch'untikotik li vo7otikotik 7une k'u ti yu7un tzeb 7ulo7 ya7el 7une. "Mi xkil to k'u tzmes, k'anal ya7el la x7elane pero ti 7ulo7e, mu jch'un!" xichiotikotik. Buy, yech 7un, ya7i ti k'al yech ta jlaban, chlabanat ti prove tzeb 7une, mu, 7a ti yu7unuk ma7ukuk ya7uke che7e, mu xa7i, yan taje ya7i 7un, yu7un yech ti ja7e. when the sun sets. See also T80 and notes. 7A ti vo7ne ja7 7ikaltik6tik li vixil ya7el 7une, 7a li mukil 7une, ja7 chkom 7un, ja7 tzmes ti be ta 7olon ya7el 7une, yu7un 7itz'inaletik ya7el ta 7olon 7une, yu7un la chanav 7un, ja7 chanav li k'ak'al 7une, ja7 tzmes ech'el tzmes ech'el ti mukil, 7a ti vixil bat ta skux ta sna 7un. 7Ora, li 7a li mukil 7une, tzmes ech'el 7un, k'alal chk'ot ya7el li vixil ya7el ti tzakub ti 7osil xa ech'el la 7une, lok' xa tal muk'ta k'anal xichiotik 7une, yu7un la ja7 7o chk'ot ti vixil 7une, 7a li mukil 7une, chba skux ta sna 7un, sjunul li k'ak'al ya7el 7une, ja7 ta x7abtej ya7el li vixil 7une, smalel 7un mi 7ik'ub 7une, ja7 to tzut ta sna noxtok 7un, ja7 chtal i mukil noxtok 7une, tztambe yabtel noxtok ta 7ak'ubaltik 7un, ja7 la ti toj k'ux ti k'ak'al ta 7olon 7une, naka la 7ach'el ti yunen pixolik 7une, ja7 la ti konchaveetik xutik vo7ne 7une, ja7 mu jna7tik mi ja7 van ti 7enanoe, ja7 mu jna7tik mi ja7 taj konchave krixchanoe, yu7un mu jna7be smelol 7un, ja7 no 7ox yech Io7iltabilon chak taj 7une. works the night shift. Presumably the younger brothers are the dwarfs. See also T7, T24, T79, T89, and their notes. 7A ti vo7ne lae, 7a la ti k'alal 7inoj li balamile, 7oy 7ikom krixchano chislo7iltabe li 7anima jmuk'ta
me about it, it seems. She told my mother. My mother heard it and she told me. The world was flooded. There were just two people now. They fled away. There was a large mountain. They escaped to the top of it. They hid there until the water drie—d up. When the water dried up they sent off a buzzard. The buzzard arrived [in the valley]. You see, it didn't return. The "red beak" as we call it [the turkey vulture] came [down]. It came [down], too. It didn't return. The king vulture, as we call it, came [down]. It has white wings. It came [down], too. It didn't return. It got used to the food. There was plenty of food. It went, too. The raven came [down]. It got used to cracking corn. The . . . what animal was it? ... came [down]—the grackle. It filled up on corn. The little cowbird came [down]. It was just the same. The rusty-crowned sparrow came [down]. It was just the same. It didn't return anymore. The towhee came [down]. It didn't return. The bobwhite came [down]. "There is corn. I'll eat it," it said. It didn't return either. The white-winged dove came [down]. It became used to it, too, since there were dead horses, dead sheep, dead dogs. Whatever there was they got used to it then. The towhee came [down], the sparrow, the little yellow bird, "twittwit" it's called [wilson's warbler]. It never returned. "Why is it that not a single bird returns? Why don't they return to tell what it's like, if there are any people still left, if there are still. . . how the world is left," said the woman and the man who survived. "Who knows, you'd better wait or you'll just go and kill yourself, there," said his wife. You see, the man waited three or four days or so, they say. Nothing arrived. Nothing arrived. They had gotten used to their food. He sent one of his little dogs. It grew fond of eating horse [meat]. He sent a, who knows if it was a dove. I don't know what kind of bird was the last to come [down]. It came [down], too. "Why don't they ever return?" "Eh, who knows?" she said. [The last bird] came [down]. It came [down]. "Eh, but it seems the water hasn't dried up yet. If there is still water there, forget it, I'm not going yet, I'll just die," said his wife. He waited a week, it seems, for it to dry out, properly, for the earth to be quite dry. The time was up for [the water] to dry out properly, for you to be able to walk on the ground, for you to walk if you came [down]. But you see, he got hurt. He came [down]. He came out of his house, it seems. He hurt his calf. Who knows if it was slashed with a machete. Who knows if it was with a knife. Because his leg had a long cut. He went back [up]. "Skip it. It's still TONIK NIBAK 255 me7tikotik ya7el 7une 7islo7iltabe jme7, 7a ti jme7 7une, 7iya7i 7un, ja7 nislo7iltabe 7un. Va7i 7un, 7inoj la ti balamile, cha7-vo7 xa la krixchano 7ijatav lok'el 7un, 7oy la j-p'ej muk'ta vitz, ta sjol xa la te kolik 7un. Va7i 7un, te la snak'oj sbaik 7asta ke 7u—1 la ti vo7 7une, 7a ti k'al 7i7ul ti vo7 7une, 7istak la ech'el 7a li xuleme, k'ot li xulem 7une. Va7i 7un, 7a li mu xa la bu sut, 7ital 7a li tzajal ni7 xkaltik 7une, 7a li tal la noxtok, mu xa bu sut, 7ital 7a li rey xulem xkaltik, sakik xxik' 7une, tal noxtok 7un, mu xa bu sut, 7inop te ta ve7elil 7oy ve7elil lek, bat noxtok, tal 7a li joje, nop ta k'ux-7ixim, tal li, k'usi chanul, 7a li bak mute, noj tal 7o 7ixim, tal li 7unen kaxlan bak mute ja7 nox yech, tal li chinchon, ja7 nox yech, muk' xa sut, tal li k'ovixe, muk' xa sut, tal li chintuli7. "7Oy 7ixim ta jve7," xi. Mu xa sut noxtok, tal kulajte7, te nop noxtok, k'u ti 7oy chamem ka7, chamem chij, chamem tz'i7, k'utikuk 7oy 7une, te laj nopuk, tal 7a li k'ovix chinchon 7a li 7unen k'anal mute 7a li ch'ikch'ik xutike, mu xa 7onox bu la sutuk. "K'u van yu7un ti batz'i mu k'u mutal sut tale, mu xtal yal k'u x7elan mi 7oy to kom krixchano mi 7oy to k'u x7elan 7ikom ti balamile?" xi la ti jun 7antz jun vinik komem 7une. "Jna7tik, malao kik naka me teyuk bat chaman," xi la ti yajnil 7une. Va7i 7un, ti vinik 7une, smala la mi 7oxib mi chanib k'akal k'u xi 7un, te smala, muk' bu xk'ot, muk' bu xk'ot laj nopuk ta sve7elik 7istak la tal j-kot yunen tz'i7, nop ta ti7-ka7, 7istak la tal j-kot mu jna7 mi kulajte7, mu jna7 k'usi mutal ti tal slajeb xa 7une, tal noxtok 7un. "K'u van yu7un ti muk' bu xlaj sutuk tale?" "7Ey, jna7tik," xi la. Tal la stuk 7un, 7ital la. "7Ey, pero ti mu to me bu 7ulem yilel li vo7 7une, 7o to me te li vo7e, yiluk yil muk' to chibat naka me tek chaman," xi la ti yajnil 7une. Va7i 7un, 7a li 7ismala 7a li jun xemana ya7el, 7ech' ti 7ul lek takij lek ti balamile. Va7i 7un, 7ista ti jayib k'ak'al trate ta x7ul lek 7une, stak' xa tek'el li balamile, stak' xa xxanav mi tale. Bu xavil, 7iyayij la, 7ital, 7ilok' tal tzna ya7el 7une, 7iyayij la stzo7 yok 7un, tuch'em la ta mu jna7tik mi machita mu jna7tik mi kuchilu yu7un la nat ti tzakbat ti yok, sut ech'el 7un. "Yiluk yil batz'i mu to stak' tek'el li balamile k'el avil tijlebal no 7ox ba yayijuk li
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